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Announcing the 2026 BMES Grade of Fellow Class

This year, the BMES Board of Directors is honored to welcome 13 new members to the ranks of BMES Fellows. The Fellow grade of membership is a prestigious and highly selective honor recognizing outstanding achievement and significant contributions to the field of biomedical engineering. BMES Fellows have demonstrated impactful achievements and made...

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Announcing the 2026 BMES Award Winners

Each year, the Each year, BMES recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions of those in the field of biomedical...

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Congratulations to the New 2026 Board Members

A tight election for Board seats among an impressive slate of candidates vying for six volunteer leadership positions...

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Apply Today: IFER Ethical Research Poster Awards

BMES and the International Foundation for Ethical Research (IFER) are offering an opportunity for for high school and...

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Modeling Cancer, Mentoring People: How Stacey Finley Defines Mid-Career Impact

For Stacey Finley, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Quantitative & Computational Biology and the inaugural...

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Biomedical Engineering Education Journal Reaches Two Major Milestones

The BMES Journal Biomedical Engineering Education (BIEE) has reached two important milestones that reflect the journal’s...

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BMES Members Emery Brown and Douglas Lauffenburger Named MIT Institute Professors

BMES congratulates members Emery Brown and Douglas Lauffenburger on being named Institute Professors at the Massachusetts...

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Call for BMES Committee Members & Medical Devices SIG Members Is Now Open

BMES is now accepting applications for members interested in serving on a BMES Committee and/or as a member of the Medical...

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Applications Now Open: Childcare Endowment for Young Investigators Attending the 2026 BMES Annual Meeting

BMES is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Linda Griffith & Douglas Lauffenburger Endowment, a...

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BMES Comments on OMB’s Proposed Revisions to Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance

On July 9, 2026, the Executive Committee of the BMES Board of Directors, sent the following Comment to the Office of...

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